Rudolf Schlicter
This is a one page paper which it requires to look at the painting and answer all the following questions.
Consider the painting Blind Power (1937) by artist Rudolf Schlicter —
” Would you say this image utilizes propaganda? as a strategy for interpretation? and if so, how? If not, why not?
What is propaganda? Who uses it? Governments? Corporations? or can an individual artists use it as a way to communicate?
What is the difference between protest art and propaganda art?
Some things to consider: This image was created in 1937 in Germany what was happening politically in Germany at that time? Is this image a warning of some kind, and if so, what FORMAL ELEMENTS (remember: line, shape, form, tone, texture, pattern, color) are important in this image?
In terms of formulating a discussion of this image, which elements would you refer to and why? What are those creatures on the man’s lower extremities and do they have a literal or metaphoric meaning?